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3WAL P4R,LIAVIENT, HOUSE OF PEERS. MONDAY, MAY 30. . Lord . Smstotmt complained, that a Morning Paper Saturday last had represented biro as uttering on the important •question-of,tlie night before, direaly opposite Ito those which he really ct;,tt. rui;tivl. It had never. entered his mind to say, it,at ill order to uphold the established Church in I:uiaucl,..t he C nholics of that Country must in some nteiisore hr pvr,ecuted. On the contrary, he held pci.sccittion robe the surest means of degrading and de.tro . v,ing hat establishment. He felt it necessary to much in vindication of his own character, and in adlnottition to those who undertake to give to the riblir what pasSed in, that Hot. , c, who were not gi:advd Against such misconceptions or Po-sentations There was nothing new in what followed. Lord AVCKLAND moved for an Account of the Atnoutit of the 'Exports and Imports of the Ports of 4,11-dori, Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, up to the sth inst..and also of the four first months of .the year 0:7, in order to show how prejudicial the Orders in Conned had proved to the . commercial interests O lho country. A h.;ag conversation ensued on this motion.— , Lords Auckland, Grenville, Lauderdale, and Hol land., contending that the falling off of the corn ilierce of the country was to be imputed'to the one . ration of the Orders ,in . Cana ; while Lords Ba thurst, Ilawkesbury, and the Lord Chanciller, that the diminution which had taken place . rrl our, trade at the 'period alluded to, could not be ascribed to the Orders in Council, because it had - occurred some months before those measures were atiopted, and was- evidently to be accounted for from other causes. Lord Auckland's motions were agreed to, and al so a. motion of Lord Bathurst's, for extending the Order generally to all the other out ports. .0.1 the motion tor the third reading of the India ;nem 11111, a sharp conversation took place between ,Lurt! st:tittope and 'Lord Ellenbiarough, arising out at cxpl - e‘iions which the Noble and Learned Lord pccused the Noble Earl of having used in a lamer debate on this Bill. I,4irda Erskine, Holland, Lauderdale, and Moira, :41.F0 uproied the Bill, after which, the House divided chi? Iltic.stion for the third reading. Contents 'l3 ...--Nt)n,Contents 6—Majority 7. The Assessed Tax Bid - was read a third time and ,crissed, after which the House adjourned at ten HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MAY 30. DosDnow ,reptltcd from the Downpatrielc Cuindlittee, that tie Sitting Member, JOhn Wilson Crolivr. was. , •duly elected, and, that the, Pai. .t az , iinot the return was not frivolous nor vetca - • Nir. - CAmPitru: presented a Petition front certain -Landholders in .the County of Renfrew, against , the :ti4easure 1 ,. )r prohibiting the use of Corn in the Dis- Aillyrie4o—Ortlered to lie on the table. Sir SA Men, 8.03111,LY moved the second ceactin: . ; ..tat the 'dill for repealing the AA respecting Privattly StgAitig. ;.1 ,few observations from Mr. ) 7 '..gke and S , lieitor-General, reserving to themselves ~ the ri;;Gt to ohjea to the 13111 alter it should come out of Committee, if it should not then be such as they ;pprove of; the Bill Was read a second time, 411.1 vr(l7. , re.d to be committed on Thursday. • • •'stn the Motion of Sir S. Ros , iii.t.t; the •second re.ltling of the Acquitted Persons' Compensation Bill WWI pet off to Friday. • Tinilrtili Fees of As4ize Bill was read - a third aitue tindilassed. M'Llton presented a Petition from the Land holder's of the County of Crotriarty, against the rot-iv:4lre kW prohibiting the use of Corn in Dis. . tilt t . ieN,— » e.Ordcreil to lie tin the.table. • • ItiTiqiN gave notice that he should, on Thopi,!..ty to )it, move for leive to bring in a all for the ,lirc:ft:;:tion of the. Oyster 1 4 shery at Chatham. • VicL,L.L , ;Lr:v bro-;l 2 , ,iit up the Report of the r..o.o,.iiitea to whoa) the Y.'.301:15 1-IJrbour had been referreth..—Ordered to lie on aid to be printed. • from tile Cortimiscioners of Green presented an Account' pf the Ex incurr..d by the Royal Hoopitil it \Green wit.th, in executing the Prize Act, from the Ist of Ik/on:WI 807 to the hit of M met sua.—;-Orderecl to lie on the table.. . Ur: ilidtrinin SHAW presented a Petition from :rho Landholders in the County of ,Air, against the law of Sugar in Distilleries.—Ordered to lie on the table. -* ~.Tite Aridge Bill was read a third time; t,g cl 1 , ,.443ed. Mfr. WARDELL gave notice - that he should to-mor row 100%e tor further Plipers relative to the. Clothing , t , 4' the Army, and expressed a wish that, muil the :.übjeli should be discussed in this liouse, Colonels 0 )0 1,141 got br petinitted to provide by private con -1)%4C.t for the new clothing of their respe&ive tegi rients. The Dunatics till was recommitted oo the rno tiou .of Mr. W. WYNNE ; and, on the House being re tried, the Report was brought up, the Amend nietits agreed to, and the Bill ordered on \Vednesday. Mr. W. WYNNE then gave notice, that if this Bill 1 - 4:Tehre the Royal Assent, he should move an ; W,:ress US - his 'Majesty to dirett a Jail to be built ter the, reception of Criminal Lunatic:. The lienley-tipon-Thatneg Bridge Bill was read a third tilne and,passed. The Dean and New Forest , Bill passed through.a r`;..tmlittee,' and was ordered to be reported to tliorrovr. Mr. Sroce;Ea BotYRNE brought up the Report of the Ctitrunittee respeding toe Whtte Herring liishery; the 'Resolutions we:e agreed to, and leave 'ixas giten to bring in a Bill, pursuant thereto. Mr. StteatlDAN pf:.:Sellted • Petition from James Taney,. praying compensation for his le,ises is con st-tiaetire of his long imprisonment, Tho Petition wadi oraered to he no the table was also ci ;'eti tint') from Deward Foy, presented also by Mr. Sir lofFittnt WELLESLEY observed u that the p e r.. ;ow. Irons whoa; those Petitiops had beep received, were confined in conseerence of ete rosiirreliion lq 1803, and he was sure the Government of Ireland had had sufficient grounds for confining them - ' Mre Sitzhinaw presented also Petitions from ThomaS Ridgeway anti Henry Hughes, of a similar description; -which' were likewise ordered to he on the table. Ordered, on the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON, that there be laid before the Houue a Copy of a Letter tram the Secretary of the Treasury to the King's Pro&or, dated OR. 28, 1806, relative to the 'restor ation of the Prince of Waits (Lisbon Packet) and her cargo. The Land Tax'Commissioners' Bill' passed through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported to morrow. . The Committee on the Orders in Council Bill was put off till to-morrow. . Mr. WHARTON brought up the neport of the Committee on the plan fur traniferring Stock.for Annuities; the Resolutions were severally agreed to; an,' a Bill ordered accordMglY. On the • minion of Sir .TuomAs THRTON, Mr. Palmer's per Centage Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he cornmi:ted on Friday next. • FIFTH REPORT OF MILITARY INQUIRY. Mr. Rost, ,pursuant to his notice, begged to call the attention of the House to that part of. the Fifth, Report of the ComthisSioners of Military loquiry which seemed to reflect upon the 'conduct of the Beard of Treasury,, from the year 170 to I'm, as if that Board had been, as insinuated inlhe. Report, ita• attentive to its duty in controlling the expendi l tore for the Hospital Dpartment. The ;light , Honourable Gentleman then shewed, that the Tree f sexy Board had tiot.been negligent of its duty on that head, as mould appear from the paper for which ho meant to move. He then- bore 'testimony to the merits and integrity • of the Apothecary General, who bad .supplied medicines to the army on more reasonable terms than the Apothecaries' Company did to the Navy, and concluded by moving, that there be laid before the House-copies of all proceed ings of the Lords of the Treasury, between the Ist of December 179 G, and the 31st of August 1799, relative to payments made to the Apothecary Gene ral for medicines and surgical instruments supplied to the army. - - After a few observations from Mr. YORKE, in corroboration of the testimony in favour of theApo-. thecary General's Concluoi, and calling on the House to.suspend all judgment, upon this Report 'till the whole of the case stioald be before them ; the mo tion was agreed to. SMALL PDX. Mr. Futtta-, pursuant to notice, moved for and Obfained leave to bring in a Bill to prevent' the . spreading of the InfeCt ion of tho SMall Pox. Thelon. Gentleman prefaced his motion by a concise state-' Mont of the injuries done to mankind by t'bis pesti lential `malady, and - a brief exposition of the provi sions of his.Biii, which would, by penalties' oblige persons who Might 6014 inoculate.lor the Snail Pox . to provide institutions three miles 'front any town or village, and al , io compel Persons who may be infed,- ed with this .Disease to Withdraw- to such dktatice from any tart ih which they may reside, the 'ex pence of removal to lle, in certain: cases, defrayed by . the parishes. He proposed that the,. Bill, When brought in, should be read a first and a second time, then 1, inters, and afterwards lie over till next year. - Mr. Rose did not. mean to. objett to the motion,- hot took that opportunity to give eol thit . , on Thursday next he should mu% for leave to bring in a :Bill to provide for the 'general , supply of the' pur e Vaccine Matter for Inoculation. RoSe also gave notice of a Motion for Wed nesday, resPeoling the trade with America. BANK ()F IRELAND. Sir Jon sr' New eo ex, itr pursuanee of his notice, rose to submit a motion resPeCting'the religions,re strietions imposed by the •Charter of the Bank of Ireland opon Catholics. He said, that after ill Which had occUrrd. reapeeting modes of faith, he never did expect that. in the nineteenth century w e ,should be so besotted as to make rcligioes tenets operate as restriction s upon trade or commerce. He wished to . know how a Man's saying. his prayers in . Latin could :afrtA his commercial concerns with the community, or his integrity .with the:State ? No nation of the Continent imposed such laardslti ,s.-- The .Right Hon. Baronet read'several . extraCts . from papers and journals of the Irish House el:Commons, shewing the ridiculous lengths they went against un. . fortunate. Caholies, and concluded with enuring, `f That it it the opinkin of this House, that Persons Professing the Roman Catholic Religion ought'to'be to be elected to the.. place of Governor 'and f)eputy Governnr of the Bank of rel,ind, if other wise etigihle wiih respea to property." Mr. FOS;PPR sail, that the motion which the Right` Baronet had brbudht forward Was dif ferent from what he expe6led, iind lie was not a surpriied .that the, Right Hon. Ilarooet slu have thought it expedient to submit such a Minion to the Howe. He sei)Uld shortly *setie the facts Of this case, as they stood, and the House would thot see that there was not the slightest ground for many of - the observatiOns with which this Motion had been introdUeed„ When the Ban!: of Ireland ,about to be established, it was thought prober to assimi late it; as far as possible, toahe Bank of England ; .and the ~fat't was, that the clauses of theClustter of the Bank of Ireland were 'copied, as far A possiblc', from the Charter of the Batik of &gland:, the very clauSe which the Light Hoo.,Paronet **complain 'ed of as intolerable in a CoMmiercial. institution, which reeuireffir that. - any person becoming a Direc, for or Governor' should take the OathS of Supre maey, was Copied verbatim from the Charter of the Bank of England. : He had no intention, by the pro position which. be had made, to intreduce any new regulations respecting tire Catholies-he meant that, they should have iernained precisely upon the same footing that they were before. It was singular that if this regulation in the Charter was so absurd and so intolerant, it: had never been objt&ed - to:mu the Charter of the Bank :of Englaed, which had beet) renewed eight or nine times since it was originally granted at the commencement of the last Century; but he fat Was, he believed, that the Bight Hon. Baronet, did not . know. that there was such Ai clause in that Charter. He wished to know upon whet grounds this motion was to be supported. , The iir"o prietors of Bank Stock had not asked for this change an their Charter : no meeting of the Proprietors had t tv4ere, then, was the necessity of .makin g this Altera- . beep or Resolutions passed %lop this subjec ; Lion iu the Crlarter 1. As to the qnotations which the Right Hon. Baronet had made from the Journals, he was really at a. loss to know with . wl4,t' vin she Right Hon. Baronet could hive ransacked the Irish Journals to bring forward, at dila day, instances 3f oppression against the Catholici, which_ oured above a Century ago. There was no doubt but that cases. might be found upon the Journals of those .days which would be.aslisgrace_ to any Coun try ) but there were no such feelings towards the -Catholics, And therefore he could not imagine with what view the Right. Honourable 'Baronet had intro.l.lc(.:d these instances upon this ecoasion.. : --. The only . effeel they could have (though he W 423 sure that wils'not the Right Hon. Baronet's motive) would be, that of reviving old animosities,. and creat ing dissatisfaction. He - wotild not trouble the House any longer, except merely to repeat, that in bringing forward this proposition, he meant to make no alter anon with regard to Catholics ; he neitheirneant to ereidte disabilities or abilities ; he meant to leave the Law as . he found it. A doubt has been entertained whether this clause in the Charter had notbeen vir tually repealed by a subiequent ACI.of Parliament:— Upon that point he would give' no opinion, nor would his proposition eflea that question one way or the other; he concluded' with moving the Order of the Day. Mr. WINPHAM contended, that the existing of a clause of exclusion in the Charter heretofore, was no reason- why it should not be left out now that the stibjeet "had been brought under the 'notice of the House. . The CtraircErama•of the EXCIIEQUER was against any legislati4e provision %Well would alter the law as it at present stood. At any rate the Right HOn. Gentleman had been premature is' his motion, be cause unquestionably the Committee on the Bill would be the most proper stage for introducing any provision to carry into effea the *objed of the Right . Hon. Baronet. The Bill for renewing the Charter of the Batik of Ireland would not put the Catholics of Ireland in a wores situation than they were in at pre sent, with respeel to the Bank Government and Dire6lion, and therefore he could not see any. tea, ton for altering the proiisions of the original Charter. Mr. MARTIN thanked the Right Hon. Gentletilan. for his benignity in notplaCing the Catholics, by this 13i11, in a worse situation than they were in at pre 'sent ; but contended, that though the Charter may be very •tit for this Country, where a great _majority of the merchants and capitalists were Protestants, it would not be equally suited to Ireland, where, so muchof the commercial capital was iu.the pOsses sion of Cltholics. ' • . • . A division then took place. Far Sir lohn NeWport's Motion - Against It 4 When the Gallery was reopened, the -Muse was in a Committee on the Local Militia JO. ' • The clause by which the men entering into the Local , Militia were called noon tb swear that. they re ceived no consideration for their service, was objea ed 'to - by Mr. WYNNE and Mr. WINDFIAM, on the ground that it tended to weaken the respect paid to the sanctioo of an oath. Air. W. Smira .supported the objeetion, aid ar gued ilia the multiplication of ocFasional oaths di minished the sauCtity of the obligation in many Mr. WILISERrOTICE spoke to the same etrea, and also Sir SA. , Niutil. Retatt.t.y, who contended, (bat an indiscriminate penalty of -201. on the breach of an oath, by persons of hatsoevef circumstances, was a very Math-gyrate sanction against perjury. FULLER argued against the impra6ticable nicety of thesedistinations. , Sir T.• TURTON and Lord CASTLSRE.AGII de fended the clause as it stood. Lord CA.STLEREAGII, however, after Some explanation from Sir S. lioitm- LY, acceded to. the introdndion of the general penal ties of the law against perjury. 'On the clause providing that those who bad serv ed in 'the Local Militia, shoUld not bp again liable to the ballot for that service, till ter the lapse of four'years, an Ameodtuent was proposed by Mr. Yeaktc; tor extending the exemption till the indi vidual should be liable to serve again in rotation by the exintustion of the roll. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought..it a more effeaUal ,mode-of general .relief to give the -.exemption atter a certain age. Lord MILTON proposed to extend the exemption to, the , regular Militia also. `Mr. WiNnitAm was in favour of the.cornprornisa, of a general exeMption from the ballot tor both Militias for two ,years. After some further,conversation, thi s las t• propo sition was agreed to, To the ciao e which gave to Lords Lieutenant a :discretionary power 01 . apppointiog Lieutenant Co lonels Commandant to the Local .Militia, although not. possessed Of the nualjtication with respect to pro perly,. 'prescribed 'by the old Militia Laws, Lord proposed an Amendment, that no soca ap pointment should take place without the customary qualification.: Ou a division there appeared tor the A nicuciment . . . 3t For LAIC original Clause : . . . . 107 Majority . . . . On the elapse subjecting the, Local Militia to cor poral punishment, a long discussion arose, which was commenced' by Lord TEMPLE, who proposed as an Amendment, that' no punishment of that nature should take place (during training) until the case had been represented to the Lord Lieutenant of the COunty, and by hith submitted to his Majesty. It was contended by Lord TENtri.e, Mr. W. WYNNE,. Sir. G. WARRENER, and Mr. LITTLETON; that the apprehension of this punishment had caused great disgust and alarm in the country; and that discipline might - be preserved without having re course to such an extremity. Lord CASTLEtREAOJI, Mr. M, MONTAGU, Mr. WINDHAM, the Solacrrort GENERAL for SCOTLAND, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. h. DUNDAS, maintained, that the two modes of mar tiallaw which would be introduced were the Amend ment adopted, would be .highly injurious to the cis eipline Of Mir : mimic military force. The Committee divided, the number were—. For the Amendment . . . 14 Vor the origin a l Cl ause • . • . Majority • The other clauses of the Bill then underwent a very lon g ; discussion, in t h e course o f which variou:, amendments were introducediby different Members, some Of which were alopted, and others rejected. Two new cla;;;es were brought up ly CASTLEREAGH, and read pi o forma, with the uncla standing that they should be re-committed. Tim House having resumed, the Report was re• ceived, and ordered to be taken into further consi deration on Friday next. Mr, WHARTON 'brought tip the Report of the t C o o , rn an m d i t t t h e e e B o i n % ai er s e a o n r d d :4 te e d at . l a s t kt r Zllzs_ari ll_ . Tl:e other Orders of the Day were then ctiv\ posed of, and at half past Tio o'Clock this' mdtn' ing` the House adjotuned. • b Lord rL ARRIVED -3 Dublin, r Watorford. Due—i GoitcAburght I Dublin, I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS this DIY Al TWSLVE O'CLOCK. Consols"6r j T• 11. E S I: N. SOLSIId QUI& 2),L,CXILZ PAL4Yht, AVOILAT L 0 N' Z) 0 IV, TUESDAY, MAY 31, :too6. Lieutenant JONES, of Hii'MajestY's einie, last night arrived at the Admiralty with patches from Admiral WHLTSHED, at Cork, and brings the following intelligence : The Pireinik Frigate, .of 33 guns, Capt. Banco, one of the Ships cruiziug on the Cork station, 13.10 captured, after an action of one hour and an half, the Dutch Frigate Guelderland, Capt. Peon, of 3& guns, and 257 midi. The Virginie and 11 , :r t , " 20 have both arrived at Cork. The circumstance. of her capture are briefly, these. On the evening of the leth instant, in lat. 46. long. 14. , Capt, BRAcs fell in with the Guelderland, and chased her, ha did not come up with her till nine at night.' On' coming alongside, the Virginie bailed her,. to _ascertain what she Was—the reply was, a Dutch.' Frigate. .It was then signitied front the Ifirginie that she was an English Frigate, and that thf Guelderland was required to strike; this, how'. ever, was refused, with a remark that she ?Jut" sink fir St. An action immediately cominenccd, and n btoadside froin the Pirgiaie .carried away 11".. ' : .antagonist's masts. She however, continued tile Lion with most obstinate gallantry during the peri 4 stated, when, having twenty-five men killed and (off wounded, she struck. After the enemy had strtici L She :was .disco vercd to be on fire, and her appear' _anCe 'was therie:,:tyetnelY alarming. It wms, bow' ever, subdued with some difficulty, and, in the fort, her crew centributed their exertions mast laud.' ably ad etficiently. Gadder/arid was last froft, l Bergen, and•was bound to Batavia with stores. 6 1 . 0 had twenty-Liu - cc passengers on bo::rd. bra" very and skill of the iLiltrny are .handsomely a ckno" ledged by Capt. ilancg, and lamb are- stitlic,eofit confirmed by the resistance she made to a Ship ably commanded, as finely manned,. and in as hie' a'state of discipline as any in his Majesty's servic e , ' The Virginie has fully repaired her datnages , and exhibits a striking contrast to her disabled adversary. The Virginic had one man killed and 01;° " In wounded in the aCtion, and snfEifed severely ir ' her sails and rigging. The Dutch Capt. PAOL is ait)olig the wounded of his Ship. . The Guelderland) in the above spirited a 6 t ion, it is said, lost 70 men. The Dispatches were 11) 1 ' 0 '1 overboard, but the enemy, in the hurry, did ref put weight enough to sink them, and they we ft saved. . , We mentioned yesterday. that Letters 1.4 been received from. Holland, which stared, that 13ue0" P.Na-ra had compelled CIIARL ES IV. and the Pri° 4l ; 'of ASTURIAS to-resign their rights to the Crown of Spain, and . that, he had appointed .Nlon.yr to b e Kill. There are many reasons that indu ce us I! doubt this statement. Whatever BooNar Aaol ultimate intentions with respect to Spain t w Y °i wedo not think that he will for , some time at I°.-1 venture to pkit. one of his familY, or of his cre w tures, upon the Throne. In, the preiOnt sate of atfa;rs, ' such a step would tend most el f& wally to counterad . own' plans. • Wb ile ha , has the ha r 'ng of SPAIN in power, ho rn be able to influence . . at , least- a considerable it tinn of the population of that Kingdom, 31)- 1,1/1 be time enough for him to throw off the 11°t 5 when he shall solar have succeedetLin his pliin s ; to render all oppositicin to them ineffectual' present we do not think that BUONAPARTS dar e ° i v point MURAT King, and, if he did, we sr° " s, l vinced that he Wol.llt.t not have'many loyal st i v." - hig . ' e l We wait impatiently for intelligence from our k!at off Cadiz, for we have strong reason to believ e ' I ip some events of great importance will take phi° t? that quarter. If the People ef,Spain are aisP° se a „ of make an effort to ruaintain.theiriudePendence, °fir; will find the Government of this Country, vi e convinced, disposed to afird them every 00 .1 ° 1 ' 1 ' 4 and measures - have already been taken for that i P: 11 ; pose, independent of the troops that were 6-1- Giort.tar. that t here IT at:folds' us vtlry great pleasure t o find iAa ill bas begin almost a total change in the pubk 1;13